CETD researchers Oliver Schmidtke and Phil Triadafilopoulos participated on a panel at the 2012 Metropolis Conference in Toronto on March 2, 2012. Phil Triadafilopoulos focused on his new book “Becoming Multicultural: Immigration and the Politics of Membership in Canada and Germany.” Metropolis is a partner of CETD. Below are details on the panel.
Immigration Policies, Practices and Discourse in Settler and Ethnic Nations: Canada and Germany Compared
Do settler and ethnic nations pursue separate or converging approaches towards immigration and citizenship? Using two recent path-breaking books, “Immigration Dialectic” and “Becoming Multicultural”, as entry-points for discussion, this roundtable explores immigration and citizenship policies, practices and discourse in Canada and Germany, exemplifying a settler and an ethnic nation.
Organizer | Organisateur
Minelle Mahtani, University of Toronto
Participants
Phil Triadafilopoulos, University of Toronto
Oliver Schmidke, University of Victoria
Sabine Sparwasser, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Toronto
John Biles, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Ratna Omidvar, Maytree
Chair | Modérateur
Antoine Bilodeau, Concordia University
Discussant | Commentateur
Harald Bauder, Ryerson University